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A hidden ancestral legacy trumped

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A previously unsuspected genetic mechanism underlies a type of muscular dystrophy common in Japan. A therapeutic approach based on this finding and tested in mice has come up with encouraging results. See Letter p.127

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Figure 1: Abnormal splicing of the fukutin gene.

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  1. Masayuki Nakamori and Charles Thornton are in the Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.,

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Nakamori, M., Thornton, C. A hidden ancestral legacy trumped. Nature 478, 46–47 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/478046a

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